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J. McCOUN.

Milk Rack and Table.

No. 61,675. Patented Jan. 29, 1867.

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JOHN MCCOUN, OF LO C'KPORT, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 61.675, dated January 29, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN McCOUN, of Lockport, in the count of Niagara,and State of New York, have invented a new andimproved Milk Rack andTable; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable oth'eis skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification. in which- Figure 1 is aside view of my improved milk rack and table.

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My invention consists in a combined revolving milk Track and table soconstructed, as hereinaftermore fully described, that the air may have afree circulation all around the milk p'ans, cooling the milk morequickly, andproducing more cream and better butter than when the milk iskept in the ordinary manner.

A is aivertical shaft, the ends of which are pivoted to the fioorandceiling of the milk room, or to the horizontal timbers of the frame B,erected for that purpose. In the latter case the lower part of the frame13 must be suflicintly broad to furnish a stable foundation for thetable and rack. The rack C is formed by attaching slats c to thevertical shaft A. The slats c are attached to the shaft in pairs, one oneach side'of the said shaft, so that their projectiug ends may formshelves for the support of the milk pans, as shown in the drawings.The'number of these slats, and the distance to which they project beyondthe shaft A, will depend upon the quantity of milk to be provided for,and the extent of the place in which it is tobe set or erected. The sizeof v the revolving shaft A must be such that the slots 0, attached toits opposite sides, may be so near together as to both come under thebottom of the pan and support it. A convenient length for the slats 0,under ordinary circumstances, is for them to extend so far thateach pairof slats may support four pans, two on each side of the shaft A. D isthe table, the leaves or top of which rest upon and are supported byradialarms, 12, extending'o ut from the shaft A, as shown in fig. l. Thetop .of the table D may be square, round, or of any other convenient ordesired form and its size should correspond to that of the rack C. Thepans maybe set upon the table D to be filled with milk preparatory toplacing them upon the rack. It is also very convenient to set the pansupon it for skimming ofi' the cream, or for any other of the numeroususes for which a table is required in a dairy room. By this arrangement,also,.the required pans may be revolved tothe position occupied by theoperator, thus avoiding the laborious carrying of the full pans, whichis unavoidable when the pans are set'on shelves in the ordinary manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claintr as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent A combined revolving milk rack and table,substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 24th day ofAugust, 1866.

JOHN McCOUN.

Witnesses E. SHEPARD, Jenn Tomas.

